Kaput – “Talking Kaput VI: Rob Mazurek / Chicago Underground Duo” by Thomas Venker (October 21, 2026)
Read the full interview at Kaput →
It’s been a big year on the road for the Chicago Underground Duo — Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor — touring Hyperglyph, their first duo album in eleven years (International Anthem). After the Newport Jazz Festival on July 31, the duo spent the fall in Europe, closing the run at Jazzfest Berlin on October 31.
Ahead of the Berlin show, Mazurek spoke with Kaput’s Thomas Venker about nearly three decades of partnership with Taylor, trust as the constant at the heart of the duo, life and silence in Marfa, Texas, Chicago’s AACM lineage, technology, collaboration and cosmology.
“I search for the sound inside the sound. A note is never just a note.”
— Rob Mazurek, in Kaput
Chicago Underground Duo – Fall 2026 in Europe
Oct 22 – Belgrade Jazz Festival, Dom Omladine, Belgrade
Oct 23 – Enjoy Jazz Festival, Betriebswerk, Heidelberg
Oct 24 – AMR / Sud des Alpes, Geneva
Oct 25 – De Singer, Rijkevorsel
Oct 28 – Victoria Eugenia Theatre (Sala Club), San Sebastián
Oct 29 – BIMHUIS, Amsterdam
Oct 30 – KAAP / De Werf, Bruges
Oct 31 – Jazzfest Berlin, Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin
